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One Musical's Epic Quest to Get to Broadway
By MARISA COHEN
Tuesday, October 08, 2019  •   Broadway  •    0 comments Share This
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After seven years and multiple incarnations, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical hits Broadway Since 1961, TheaterWorksUSA has toured lit-based shows for young audiences to 49 states and parts of Canada. But the nonprofit's productions never made it to Broadway… until now. The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at the Longacre...
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Finding the Heart of an Easy-to-Hate Character
By JONATHAN MANDELL
Monday, October 07, 2019  •   Broadway  •    0 comments Share This
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Ian Barford on his challenging role in Tracy Letts' Linda Vista on Broadway --- Ian Barford realizes that some audience members may view the 50-year-old divorcé he portrays in Tracy Letts' Linda Vista as "despicable, a misanthrope, a narcissist and probably a nihilist." He feels that way about him too. But the actor also sees his character,...
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Broadway Is His Day Job
By RAVEN SNOOK
Thursday, October 03, 2019  •   Broadway  •    0 comments Share This
Thu Oct 3, 2019  •   Broadway  •    0 comments Share This
How Ty Jones is running the Classical Theatre of Harlem while acting in The Great Society --- The timing was perfect. After a four-year stint on Starz's crime drama Power, Ty Jones' special agent character was about to be killed off when he got offered a role in Broadway's The Great Society, no audition required. Make that multiple roles. Jones portrays...
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What Happens When a Show Hits Too Close to Home?
By JUAN MICHAEL PORTER II
Wednesday, September 25, 2019  •   Broadway  •    5 comments Share This
Wed Sep 25, 2019  •   Broadway  •    5 comments Share This
A theatre lover has an unexpected catharsis in the dark --- Someone in the audience was crying -- loudly. While I appreciated his attempts to muffle his hysterical sobs, what I really wanted was for him to vanish. The way the protagonist was reacting to his father's death was upsetting enough, especially for anyone who'd lost a dad like I just did....
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The Challenges of Staging 'The Height of the Storm'
By NICOLE SERRATORE
Monday, September 23, 2019  •   Broadway  •    1 comment Share This
Mon Sep 23, 2019  •   Broadway  •    1 comment Share This
Jonathan Kent on directing Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins in a slippery new drama about memory --- Jonathan Kent started out as a painter and actor, but everything clicked into place for him once he took up directing in his forties. Now, after nearly 30 years in this vocation, the Tony-nominated Brit is back in New York helming The Height of the...
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How Do You Follow Up Winning a Tony for 'Harry Potter?'
By ALLISON CONSIDINE
Tuesday, September 17, 2019  •   Broadway  •    0 comments Share This
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Playwright Jack Thorne talks about his two new shows opening in NYC --- When Jack Thorne was 11 years old, he was kicked out of choir for lying. "I was absolutely devastated," recalls the Tony-winning English playwright of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, who has two shows opening in New York this fall. "That feeling is still with me to this day,"...
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Why Are There So Many New Plays About AIDS Right Now?
By JONATHAN MANDELL
Wednesday, September 11, 2019  •   Broadway  •    2 comments Share This
Wed Sep 11, 2019  •   Broadway  •    2 comments Share This
Three new works, including Broadway's The Inheritance, explore the impact of the virus on multiple generations --- Playwright Matthew Lopez was 10 when he first learned about AIDS from the TV news. "That's how I discovered what being gay was, by simultaneously being taught that it also meant dying of HIV/AIDS," he says. Later, as a theatre-loving...
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Finding a Way to Love 'Phantom' After Trauma
By MEG MASSERON
Tuesday, September 10, 2019  •   Broadway  •    4 comments Share This
Tue Sep 10, 2019  •   Broadway  •    4 comments Share This
How the #MeToo movement made me see my favorite musical from a new perspective --- When someone says she has a complicated relationship in her life, she's usually referring to her mother or an ex. But for me, my most complicated relationship is with my favorite musical: The Phantom of the Opera. I became a super-Phan the first time I saw the show...
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